Regarding the Epson R300 printer - can you use regular disks, or must
you use the more expensive disks sold for that purpose?

Thanks

"geezer" <wee@willy.com> wrote in message
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If you had ever put a printable disk and a regular disk side by
side, you wouldn't be asking this question. The ink isn't likely to
stick to a regular disk, and when it doesn't where is it going to
go?

It might be possible to treat a regular disk so that it could work,
but that would cost at least as much as the difference between
the printable and the non-printable.

Luck;
Ken

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 04:51:24 -0600, "Ken Maltby"
<kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:


Yeh - obviously I had never done such a comparison. Your point is
well taken.

Thanks for response.

G

"geezer" <wee@willy.com> wrote in message
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I just got an R-200 last week and it does a real nice job on
the little cardboard disk. I'll be using the R-200 for all new
TV series, instead of the Dymo CD/DVD labels I'm using
with my current captures. At some point in the future I'll
transfer my current DVDs into fewer using whatever high
density format wins out. I'll label those with the R-200 also.

I found that the CD/DVD cover sites have been shut down
by Sony's Lawyers. But you can find good artwork at the
TV Series official and fan sites. The SG1 site has what they
call "E-cards" and several of them are almost perfect for
making a label. A little touch-up with a smudge tool, to
remove some text, and fit the image with about 3/4" top and
bottom margin for your text. Looks great, I printed the one
with the Gray alien on the cardboard to test it out.

Luck;
Ken

"Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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label and cover I've ever tried on it.
Steve

"When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said dont@spam.me
(Joe), "I always pay it extra."

I was just looking at disk prices generally, and for the "better
quality" disks (at least) the printable version was only a few pence
more.

I'm not about to buy a new expensive printer though, so I'll go for
the small saving FTTB.

BTW, why can't you buy a single black pen to write on CDs/DVDs?
I don't need green, blue and red.

--
Humbug

"Humbug" <humbug@tofee.net> wrote in message
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The Epson R200 is US $99 .. hardly expensive.

If your handwriting is poor and if you want to have a massive amount of
tracks listed on the disc it self. It's hard to use a sharpy and write
at 10point by hand. Now if someone sold a nice sharpy disc plotter
it'd be sold!

And printers don't cost too much when you take the cost of the ink into
account. The epson r200/r300 does come with a full compliment of
cartridges. The official cost of them though is higher and the yield
is lower than the Canon After market refills are another store.
Knowing then what I know know I would have ordered a Canon Pixma
series. Both the Canon Pixma and the Epson r200/r300 have nice after
market cartridges prefilled and refillable.

Primera offers a budget disc printer, monochrome if i'm not mistaken
but choice of thermal ribbon colors. "Signature Z1 CD / DVD Printer"
Ribbons cost a pretty penny at about $20.00 Assuming 400 discs that's
5cents/disc. Not horrid but not all that great either.

The Casio Disc Title Printer I believe is a totally independent of a
PC. TR-18BK claims to be 50 page yield, and I can find 3 packs for $20
or so. 13cents/disc is pretty horrid.

Lastly there is always Laserscribe that doesn't use ink but the burners
own laser to imprint a monochrome image. Don't know how much the
drives or DVD media will be. But given one would need a laserscribe
compatable burner I think one is better off with the inkjet solutions
and printable media. If you already need a printer it's no big deal
they don't cost more than other inkjets.